Continuity mistake: As the cabin boy is cutting him loose, David Balfour's bruised cheek and black eye switch from the left side of his face to the right when one shot is reversed. (00:28:00)
Kidnapped (1960)
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Bernard Lee, James MacArthur, John Laurie, Peter Finch
Continuity mistake: After the British soldier is shot, David Balfour finds Alan Breck hiding in the brush. Breck has a visible beard stubble that disappears a few shots later.
Revealing mistake: When David crosses the channel in the ferryman's boat, not only is the rear-screen projection painfully apparent, but the wind blowing in the film footage isn't so much as ruffling a hair on the actors' heads.
Trivia: Kidnapped was Disney's only feature film to be released on MCA's ill-fated DiscoVision format. But the movie did launch a famous actor's career: His role as Alan Breck Stewart's bagpipe-playing kinsman, Robin MacGregor, was Peter O'Toole's film debut.
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